IIT-Madras Incubated Space Tech Startup Agnikul Raises INR 23.4 crores In Funding
Agnikul, a space tech startup has raised INR 23.4 crores in a pre-series A funding. This funding round was led by pi Ventures. The funding round also saw participation from Hari Kumar (founder and CEO at LionRock Capital), Globevestor, Artha Ventures, LetsVenture, CIIE and existing investor Speciale Invest. Founded by […]
PM Modi Invites Startups To Participate In COVID-19 Solution Challenge
The Government of India is taking all necessary steps to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 in the nation. And now, the government has come up with a challenge called the ‘COVID-19 Solution Challenge’ to fight against the coronavirus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about this challenge and urged startups and […]
ZunRoof Raises $3 Million in Series A Funding From Godrej
ZunRoof, a leading solar rooftop company in India has raised $3 Million in Series A funding from the Godrej Investment Office. This Gurugram based home-tech company was founded in 2016 by Pranesh Chaudhary and Sushant Sachan. Talking about how the funding will be used, and company’s plan to give its […]
Tech-Led Artisan Startup Lal10 Raises $1.1 Million
Lal10 has raised $1.1 Million in funding led by Sorenson Impact from Utah. Angel Investors including Mekin Maheshwari, Slideshare’s Amit Ranjan, Praveen Gandhi of Seedfund also participated in the round. Lal10 is a Tech-led B2B Artisan startup, founded by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras alumnus and ex-Flipkart employee Maneet […]
Foodies Can Now Access Swiggy Within The PhonePe App
Now, foodies can access Swiggy within the digital payment platform, PhonePe. PhonePe on its Switch Platform has integrated Swiggy, and the service will be accessible across cities where Swiggy delivers food in India. PhonePe Switch enables sellers to integrate their existing web apps or mobile sites to the PhonePe Switch […]
Due To Unsecured Servers, EdTech Startup Skolaro Leaks Data Of Over 50K School Children
Another incident of low security and data leak has taken over the news. This time the company is an Indian EdTech Startup, Skolaro. Skolaro is a Gurugram-based online school management platform whose data got leaked. Due to the storage of database on unsecured servers, data of over 50K students along […]
India Rises To The 2nd Spot In KPMG’s 2020 Global Technology Innovation Survey
As per the Global Technology industry Innovation Survey published by KPMG 2020, India has moved to the second spot tied with China. The second spot is in the category of innovation, adoption and promotion of new-age technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), IoT, machine learning (ML), blockchain, among others. Last year […]
Airtel Acquires Strategic Stake in Digital Fitness Startup Spectacom Global
Bharti Airtel under its Airtel Startup Accelerator Program has acquired a strategic stake (10%) in Spectacom Global. Spectacom creates digital content in health and fitness space. And, Spectacom is the second startup after ‘Vahan’ to join this accelerator program by Airtel. This accelerator program by Airtel supports early-stage startups in […]
To Help Students Amid CoronaVirus Outbreak, BYJU’S Gives Students Free Access To Its Learning App
To limit the spread of the Corona Virus and to protect students from it, the Indian Government has advised schools to remain closed. And to help students during this exam time, Edtech unicorn BYJU’S has announced that students can access BYJU’s educational app for free till the end of April […]
Teen-Focused FinTech Startup FamPay raises $4.7 Million In Funding
FamPay has raised $4.7Million as seed funding from Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital (GFC), Venture Highway, and Sequoia India. FamPay is a Bengaluru-based fintech startup, founded by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee graduates, Kush Taneja and Sambhav Jain. The startup claims to be the first Teen- focused payments app, allowing […]